This Planter Tells You When it Needs Water

Grow flowers, vegetables and herbs on your deck or patio

Self-watering planter has an indicator to tell you when the reservoir needs refilling

Long-lasting, UV-stabilized polypropylene

All of our self-watering planters protect against drought, but this one does more — it has a water-level indicator that tells you when to refill the reservoir, and a convenient funnel that lets you water from the top. Made of UV-stabilized polypropylene, these planters resist cracking, chipping and fading, and the sides are braced to prevent bowing. In Terra Cotta, Stone or Green.

Nice and sturdy box. Love the water reservoir system, which works great. Smart idea to place a middle brace in the box(removable)to keep the box in a nice and sturdy shape. Overall a great box. I will have to order a few more to replace my other broken once. Regrading the UV stability...time will tell.

I use this to grow herbs on our deck. I like the self-watering feature because we're often away from home for days at a time. A note of caution, though: If you get lots of rain, remember that this planter has no drain holes. We have had a very wet June and I've had to tip the planter to drain off the "lake". The self-watering feature will be a blessing for those dry Maryland August days, though.

We bought four of the containers with water indicators. We had a problem with the first two because we had to drill holes in them and then did not realize the placement of the piece of material in the bottom and had one piece over the raised piece and one piece under. We called and were told this was okay. With the next two we placed the material the way we were told with both ends under the raised piece. I have not seen the indicators work on any of the four containers yet. You can tell when to water even without the indicators, but they were fairly expensive regular planters. I did get a $20 credit, but will hesitate to use it since I still have to pay shipping and you cannot get much for $20. I've bought a lot from Gardener's Supply but think I will look elsewhere next time. They did answer their help line quickly when we called to find out about the placement of the piece of material.

Was this a gift?:

No

Bottom LineNo, I would not recommend this to a friend

Merchant response: We are so sorry to hear about this reviewer's experience! Unfortunately, we were unable to find the original order with the information that was provided. We stand behind our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee on every product, so a quick call to our friendly customer service staff at 1-800-876-5520 will get this issue resolved right away!

My herbs and lettuces are doing very well on my deck which is the only sunny spot. I didn't give 5 stars because the directions were very poor. I didn't know which "pillars" to punch holes in and I still don't know when the reservoir needs refilling. It has been raining a lot lately so I haven't worried about it yet.

I looked forever to find white deck planter boxes. These were the second ones I bought. Didn't like the first brand at all. These are beautiful and exactly what I wanted. they are large but not to big for me railing on the deck. look absolutely beautiful full of flowers

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